ogreslayer

So who is our #2 going to be now?  Was Blashill offense or defense?

Well he was in charge of the PP, so changes coming there...thank god...

Can the NHL just merge the Jackets & Islanders into one team and do the same with Howson & Snow?  The New Columbus Jackanders, GMed by Garth Snowson.  Could they then be slightly better than either team separately or would they just suck twice as bad?

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Of the current Red Wings though, a combination of Hank, Pavs, Kronner, Helm, & Howie.

In Russia we put it on the right hand.

OK, I had to give into the urge....  In Soviet Russia, ring wears you.  

I'm sure he learned from the Fabian Brunnstrom ordeal & wants to earn his way onto an NHL roster instead of being handed a spot immediately, which he easily could have done signing just about anywhere else.  For Kenny's next step:   Now paging Justin Schultz. Paging Justin Schultz.  Please pick up the nearest red courtesy telephone...

Looks like it's down to 3 teams & the Wings might lead the pack if Kenny hasn't locked him up already:  http://www.blick.ch/..._medium=twitter

Now that I think about it some more, I really hope the NHL cuts their contract with Nickelback and send them to the NBA

If the owners are thinking about locking anyone out next season, it should be Nickelhack.

The highlight of the show for me, and the only one for that matter, was Lundqvist dropping an f-bomb under his breath while excepting the Vezina.  Goes to prove there's still only one perfect Swede in the world. Other than that, the show was absolute cheese, but it always is.

"Chatted briefly w/Rinne. He said he tried to call Suter today, but no answer. He still thinks there is a good chance Suter signs w/ Preds."

And there are people who believe the world will end in December too.  It's just like, his opinion, man.

So Nashville only spent $52m against the cap last season.  They're on the hook for $7m to Rinne, probably another $7.5 for Weber, & it will probably take the same $7.5 to sign Suter.  That's slightly over 42% of their payroll based on their internal cap from last year.  With what they already have on the books, that would put them at ~$58m and they still need to sign at least 1 more d-man, a backup goalie, & 4 more forwards minimum to put a team on the ice.  Unless ownership really opens up the wallet, I don't see it happening.  And if they use the same ratio for their internal cap when compared to the actual, their internal cap this year would come in around $56m total.

Early favourites for LGW whipping boy are:  Franzen, Quincey, Abdelkader, Ericsson.  Wait, that's the same group we had at the end of the playoffs minus Hudler.

Personally, I'm hoping for Ryan Suter to become the new whipping boy for not being nearly as perfect as Nick was.

Good signing & while it seems just a little high right now, I think over the 4 years that will end up being a good price, maybe even a little bit of a bargain.  So Abby next but how many years/$s?  2-4 with a hit around $1.6-1.8 maybe?

I wonder how long it will take for everyone to turn on Smith like they did with Ericsson.... The kid has Potential and a good skill set but he has played like 9 NHL games and wasn't phenomenal. People aren't being realistic and are setting themselves up for disappointment

I know it's a limited sample size in some cases (Smith & Commodore), but here's what the Wings d-men looked like from a points per game standpoint last season:

Smith: 0.5
Lidstrom: 0.49
Kronwall: 0.44
White: 0.42
Stuart: 0.26
Kindl: 0.24
Ericsson: 0.16
Commodore: 0.12

Now I'm not saying that Smith is going to be the next Lidstrom, but 7 points in 14 games and from what I remember watching those games, Smith did not look out of place at all.  Oh, and he got those points playing on the 3rd pairing if I remember correctly.  And yes, there are higher expectations for Smith & assumed much more potential than Ericsson because Smith=27th pick/Ericsson=291st.

I think though that ultimately the debate on Schultz will be solved by him turning down a contract with the Wings because he won't have a guarantee to make the big club his first year.  He'll wind up playing big minutes in Toronto or Edmonton & missing the playoffs year after year instead based on current rumors.

Ericsson should be on the PP at the point. He has a 100+mph slapshot and it is under used. Teach him to put it about knee height and let him go.

100+ mph doesn't mean much when it he has to pull his backswing all the way to the UP to fire it off, giving defenders plenty of time to get in his shooting lane.  Better to teach him how to speed up his mechanics & give up a some on the mph to get the puck on net before there are bodies in the way.

So let's see...

Did Parise already know the Wild were interested in him before this broke?  Yes, unless he doesn't have access to newspapers, tv, radio, or the internet.  Since I have never seen an Amish hockey player, I assume he does have access to all of those.

Does Parise already know the maximum any team can offer him?  Yes, if he knows anything about the current CBA he does.  No team can offer him a salary that is worth more than 20% of their salary cap at the time he is signed.  With the current temporary cap set at ~$70m, any team can offer him the maximum of $14m a year.  I would think that Parise's smart enough to know he's not getting that type of money though.  More realistically, and this is just my opinion, he's probably looking at Brad Richards or Ilya Kovalchuk type money & he knows that already.

So all that Parise got out of Nanne's comments are: The Wild are interested in him & that they think nobody will be able to outbid them for his rights.  I would have a feeling he knew all of this to begin with unless he lives in a cave when not at the rink.  I'm sure he also knows that Detroit is interested & thinks that nobody will outbid them.  Probably the same for the Rangers although he already said he wouldn't consider signing with them.  

To recap: No new information really in anything Nanne said & it wasn't direct comments from anyone within the Wild organization.  If this were tampering, Lou Lamoriello would already be all over this like he was with the Scott Stevens episode back in 1994 & as of yet, there hasn't been a single peep out of him or anyone within the Devil's organization about it.  And as to comparing this to rape & demanding both parties be put under oath?  Please, just step away from the Law & Order reruns on cable.